Needle paints a harrowing picture of a Liverpool overrun by drugs, charting a young man's nightmarish descent into intravenous heroin use and AIDS and a police and political leadership incapable of the imagination or courage necessary to respond to the drug problem.
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as Danny
DeceasedDied: July 29, 2015
Birth date not on record.
as Paula
AliveBirth date not on record.
Liverpool, England
as Paula's Father
DeceasedBorn: February 7, 1946
Died: January 2, 2011
Age at death: 64
as Council Leader
DeceasedBorn: October 5, 1949
Died: November 20, 2004
Age at death: 55
as Chief Constable
DeceasedBorn: May 8, 1928
Died: April 11, 2005
Age at death: 76
as Drugs Counsellor
AliveBorn: March 18, 1951
Age: 75
Liverpool, United Kingdom
as John
AliveBorn: September 1, 1964
Age: 62
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
as Greg
DeceasedBorn: July 12, 1967
Died: October 1, 2023
Age at death: 56
as Degsy
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Rollo
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Stew
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Viaduct Boy
AliveBorn: May 22, 1975
Age: 51
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
as Bent Detective
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Arresting Officer
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Chief Vigilante
AliveBorn: October 12, 1958
Age: 67
Kirkby, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
as Charlie
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Radio Reporter
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Angry Mother
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Binman
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Shop Steward
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Prison Governor
AliveBorn: April 4, 1941
Age: 85
Redhills, Co. Cavan, Ireland
as Pete - Danny's Cellmate
AliveBorn: January 21, 1957
Age: 69
Liverpool, England, UK
as Jack - Danny's Cellmate
DeceasedBorn: January 18, 1936
Died: January 20, 2023
Age at death: 87
as Interviewing Officer
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Prison Doctor
AliveBorn: June 29, 1943
Age: 83
Liverpool, England
as Prison Warder
DeceasedDied: November 30, 2017
Birth date not on record.
as Captain's Mate
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Ferry Passenger
AliveBorn: June 2, 1958
Age: 68
Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, UK
as Ferry Engineer
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Repo Man
DeceasedBorn: February 2, 1944
Died: July 27, 2012
Age at death: 68
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